US Program Manager, Cyber Monitoring & Incident Response

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension / Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off

Job summary

DTCC, a leading financial services infrastructure provider, seeks a senior security leader to oversee cyber monitoring and incident response. You will manage a team, guide incident response, and drive security initiatives across DTCC.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, strategic security planning, and effective communication with stakeholders. A hybrid work model is offered in the US, with opportunities for travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in cybersecurity or security operations.
• Demonstrated leadership of technical projects with cross-team collaboration.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of the security monitoring and incident response function.
• Provide technical leadership and people management for the CMIR team.
• Act as Incident Commander on major incidents and escalate critical tasks.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security leadership

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

Being a member of CISO team, reporting to the Cyber Monitoring and Incident Response Team Director, you are responsible for managing a functional team of analysts and associates who detect, investigate, and respond to cyber security events in the organization. As a first-line manager, you provide both technical leadership and people management for your team, overseeing key projects and initiatives as well as ensuring day-to-day operations operate effectively. As the senior member of your functional team, you are a member of the Cyber Monitoring and Incident Response Team (CMIR) and as a result may be tasked with responding to cyber incidents outside of normal work hours.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Be accountable for your team's day to day operations and strategic performance.
• Model appropriate behavior, attitude, and tone for your team.
• Effectively delegate tasks, empower team members, and remove impediments to accomplish the mission.
• Effectively communicate expectations, goals, and objectives to the team.
• Act as Incident Commander on major (P1) incidents and as an escalation point for your team for critical tasks.
• Set and achieve high-quality goals and objectives for the team and work with team members to develop high-performing individual goals that align with team goals.
• Attract and retain high-quality team members that match with the team’s mission and objectives.
• Evaluate, train, mentor, and develop each of your team members to make them as successful as possible at DTCC.
• Utilize metrics, feedback from team leads, feedback from stakeholders, threat intelligence, and industry best practices to continuously evaluate and improve security posture.
• Lead and evangelize training, process improvements, reporting, and other key initiatives.
• Occasionally travel to conferences, training, and other DTCC offices (up to 20%).
• Be the escalation contact for on-call rotation and perform emergency after-hours work when needed.
• Create messaging, socialize Blue Team programs, and evangelize security at DTCC.
• Follow DTCC's ITIL process for incident, change and problem resolution.

NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

• Have at least five (5) years previous experience in cybersecurity or security operations.
• Have experience successfully leading technical projects requiring collaboration with multiple people.
• Demonstrate superior tactical leadership of teams to accomplish technical tasks and projects.
• Demonstrate strategic leadership by setting goals, developing plans of actions, assigning tasks, measuring progress, and motivating team members to accomplish goals.
• Demonstrate the ability to produce written reports including detailed analysis and recommendations.
• Demonstrate the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrate the ability to take minimal high-level requirements and independently produce and execute an action plan to accomplish tasks.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently prioritize and manage several important tasks.
• Demonstrate the ability to proactively identify and address potential issues without specific direction.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and understanding of management principles.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to achieve and contribute to a high-performing team.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.